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This listing contains all the analytical materials posted on the Russia Matters website. These include: RM Exclusives, commissioned by Russia Matters exclusively for this website; Recommended Reads, deemed particularly noteworthy by our editorial team; Partner Posts, originally published by our partners elsewhere; and Future Policy Leaders, pieces by promising young scholars and policy thinkers. Content can be filtered by genre and subject-specific criteria and is updated often. Gradually we will be adding older Recommended Reads and Partner Posts dating back as far as 2011.

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Russia-China Bomber Patrol Shows Stronger Alignment Between the Two

Michael KofmanJuly 26, 2019
RM Exclusives

This week’s unprecedented Russian-Chinese patrol, including Russia’s run-in with South Korean jets, signals both growing bilateral military cooperation and Moscow’s willingness to take on geopolitical risks for the sake of its relationship with Beijing.

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How the US Managed, and Mismanaged, Russia: A Superstar Diplomat Tells His Story

Graham AllisonMarch 12, 2019
RM Exclusives

William Burns’ new book describes his warnings to the Bush administration that pushing for NATO membership for Georgia and Ukraine would spur Moscow to use armed force in the former and to meddle in Crimea and eastern Ukraine.

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Competing Views on Russia

Robert Legvold on Russia: Insights and Recommendations

RM StaffNovember 20, 2018
RM Exclusives

“The chances in … the next 10-15 years of a nuclear weapon being fired in anger are far greater now than they ever were during the Cold War.” This and more from one of America’s top Russia scholars.

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The August War, Ten Years On: A Retrospective on the Russo-Georgian War

Michael KofmanAugust 17, 2018
Recommended Reads

In 2008, Moscow demonstrated the will and ability to actively contest the U.S. vision for European security, veto NATO expansion in its neighborhood and challenge Washington’s design for a normative international order where small states can determine their own affairs independent of the interests of great powers.

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When Does Vladimir Putin’s Russia Send In Troops?

Simon SaradzhyanAugust 07, 2018
RM Exclusives

Examining Putin’s three military interventions abroad, the author sees a pattern in which two conditions must be present for Russia to intervene with force: a threat to its vital interests and a reasonable chance of success.

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Russia’s Plan B: Divide and Conquer?

Nikolas GvosdevJuly 28, 2017
RM Exclusives

At the start of 2017, Putin’s election-related gambles appeared to be paying off. By summer, the apparent wins had all gone bust. Moscow’s next step? Probably trying to split the U.S. and its Western partners on questions of Russia policy.

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Looking for U.S.-Russian Cooperation? Try Asia

Jeffrey MankoffDecember 12, 2016
RM Exclusives

U.S.-Russian ties in Asia have long been underdeveloped, but also far less contentious than in Europe. Maybe now is the time to focus eastward and help Moscow balance between Washington and Beijing.